help with gpa...i have to maintain 3.0

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>hey, i'm a new student wanted to know what exactly the grade to gpa correspondence was.....</p>

<p>someone told me...
A+ = 4.0
A- = 3.7
B+ = 3.5
B- = 3.0</p>

<p>^is this correct? (i'm in engineering)</p>

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<p>You can use this calculator:
<a href="http://www.aad.berkeley.edu/gpacalc.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.aad.berkeley.edu/gpacalc.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Also, from the General Catalog:
<a href="http://www.berkeley.edu/catalog/policies/grades.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.berkeley.edu/catalog/policies/grades.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>It's not quite as straight forward as your chart..</p>

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<p>A = 4.0
A- = 3.7
B+ = 3.3
B = 3.0
B- = 2.7
C+ = 2.3
C = 2.0
C- = 1.7
D+ = 1.3
D = 1.0
D- = 0.7
F = 0.3 and below</p>

<p>You then (1) multiply by the number of units in the class (2) do the same for all classes(3) add up the total number of units possible and divide by (1) = your UC GPA</p>

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<p>Each +/- is exactly one-third of a grade.</p>

<p>So
A = 4
A- = 3.666666666666666 rounded to 3.7
B+ = 3.333333333333333 rounded to 3.3
B = 3
etc.</p>

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<p>Dobby got in right. I will also add that some graduate schools will calculate your A+'s as 4.3 even if Berkeley does not. Not that this is very relevant to your problem but I just felt like throwing it out there.</p>

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<p>Can you please name a few?</p>

<p>Does Stanford do that?</p>

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<p>LSDAS does, so for law school A+=4.3333333333333333333333...</p>

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<p>That's law school. And so far, the only programs I know of which weigh A+'s like that are law programs. We're talking about engineering here...</p>

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<p>thanks a lot, guys...
yeah i might apply to lawschool.
still wondering.</p>

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<p>Don't major in engineering if you're a prospective law student.</p>

<p>Alternatively, don't consider law school if you're set on majoring in engineering.</p>

<p>LS admissions are very much GPA-driven, with little regard to the difficulty of the major. Political science or American history would serve you well.</p>

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<p>i was looking into patent law.
but sure ok.</p>

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<p>same here, bioengineering major and possibly applying to law school, patent law possibly.</p>